Inconsistent Usenet quoting behaviour

[Patrick Keenan]

Hello,
I'm noticing some inconsistencies in quoting behaviour when choosing Reply
to Group with Windows Mail. I believe I've seen some references to this
elsewhere, but can't find a resolution.

For example, I will read a post, where the original poster used the Google
web interface to create and post his message. When I choose Reply to
Group, the original post is properly quoted and all is well.

By this I mean that the previous post will have a marker, the default being

, and more are added for each level of reply.

The poster replies to my reply, again using the Google interface, with
proper quoting appearing for the two previous messages.

But now, I choose Reply to Group again - and the text I'm immediately
replying to is not quoted. Yet I notice that others using Outlook
Express can reply with the quoting intact, and I can reply to them with the
quoting appearing properly.

Restarting Windows Mail does not resolve this.

Anyone have any ideas on this or how to resolve it?

thanks,
Patrick Keenan

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Hello,
I'm noticing some inconsistencies in quoting behaviour when choosing Reply
to Group with Windows Mail. I believe I've seen some references to this
elsewhere, but can't find a resolution.

For example, I will read a post, where the original poster used the Google
web interface to create and post his message. When I choose Reply to
Group, the original post is properly quoted and all is well.

By this I mean that the previous post will have a marker, the default
being

The poster replies to my reply, again using the Google interface, with
proper quoting appearing for the two previous messages.

But now, I choose Reply to Group again - and the text I'm immediately
replying to is not quoted. Yet I notice that others using Outlook
Express can reply with the quoting intact, and I can reply to them with
the quoting appearing properly.

When the message to which you are replying was sent in MIME/Quoted
Printable, WinMail does not know for sure where to put the quote mark so it
doesn't.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

When the message to which you are replying was sent in MIME/Quoted
Printable, WinMail does not know for sure where to put the quote mark so
it doesn't.

Thanks, though I'm not sure that explains why when I reply to the first post
it quotes, but when I reply to a reply from the OP, made using the same
newsreader as the original post, it doesn't.

In other words, two posts from the same newsreader using the same settings
will be treated differently.

The WinMail help file seems to have zero information on this topic.

Is there a way to force quoting, or is it necessary to use a different
newsreader?

Thanks again.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Thanks, though I'm not sure that explains why when I reply to the first post it quotes, but when I reply to a reply from the OP,
made using the same newsreader as the original post, it doesn't.

In other words, two posts from the same newsreader using the same settings will be treated differently.

The WinMail help file seems to have zero information on this topic.

Is there a way to force quoting, or is it necessary to use a different newsreader?

Windows Live Mail quotes Quoted-Printable text properly. I recommend you
upgrade to it:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Windows Live Mail quotes Quoted-Printable text properly. I recommend you
upgrade to it:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

Yes it does, thanks. I actually already had it set up, but because of the
number of email accounts I must manage, I had used Windows mail for Usenet.
And there are some visual aspects of Live Mail I don't like, such as the
larger header section in the reading pane. However, it *does* quote
properly, so I'll put up with the loss of reading space.

thanks again.
Patrick Keenan

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Yes it does, thanks. I actually already had it set up, but because of the number of email accounts I must manage, I had used
Windows mail for Usenet. And there are some visual aspects of Live Mail I don't like, such as the larger header section in the
reading pane. However, it *does* quote properly, so I'll put up with the loss of reading space.

thanks again.
Patrick Keenan

You're welcome. I agree about the excessively large header section in the
reading pane, which is why I keep the header part off (View, Layout, Message Header).